Button



June" 12, 1923. 1,458,873

- v A.BR00KE BUTTON Filed Feb. 1922 70;? f w y #7637 we TES Patented June 12, 1923.

. ALEC BROOKE, or GLASGOW, scorLANn.

.p f I BUTTON.

'Application filed February 7, 1922. Serial No. 534,699.

To all whom it may concern:

Be-it'known'that I, Anne BROOKE, of 297 Argyle Street,-Glasgow, Scotland, a subject of the King 'of Great Britain, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons, of whichthe following is a specification. 1.;

At present it is usual to make buttons, such as used by upholsterers and others,

with a solid leather, a cloth, or other covered shell or disc, and a collet or back disc through which projects, in some cases, a

- shank in the form of a soft pad of fabric through which a needle and thread can be passed and, in other cases, a wire shank which forms a projecting staple and through which a needle and thread can be passed. In cases where the button is provided with a soft fabric shank the latter is apt to be torn in the sewing and also to readily break away in use. In cases where the button has a projecting wire shank the latter, owing to the fact that the upholsterers needle has to be passed therethrough, must project some distance from the body of the button with the result that' the button is apt to split or tear the upholstery cloth if closely secured thereto. In some cases the buttons are made with stampedmetal shanks having holes for the passage of the needle and thread. lVith buttons made with shanks'as aforesaid some time is absorbed in the threading operation.

The object of the present invention is to make a button of the shank type in such manner that it. can be very quickly attached to the thread or twine without the usual threading operation and can also be held closely and neatly against the fabric without danger of tearing it. This object is attained by making the button with a doublehook shank instead of the usual staple shank, the hooks being arranged side by side and held in placeby the collet in such manner that, together, they constitute an eye with side gaps or openings, oppositely disposed, for the entry of the thread. The

' button is threaded, not by passing a needle and thread into or through the shank, as usual, but by simply causing the, hooks of the button to engage the thread, this being done, in the simplest way, by causing the thread to first'pass between the hooks and then giving the button a partial turn. In the case of upholstery work the thread (or twine) can bev held taut between thehooks :1

and the button secured to, or.on, the thread by'giving it the partial; turnas; aforesaid, the thread, in this way,'being heldin the eye constituted by thetwo hooks. Of

course, inthe same way, a'thread or twine can be secured to the button. I a

In order that the invention may be clearly understood I have hereunto appended explanatory drawings which show, by way of example, one mode of constructing the improved button.

Figs. 1 to 4: show, respectively, in end elevation, plan, side elevation and section, a button with. the double hook shank.

Figs. 5 to 7 show the method of securing the1 thread to the button, andFig. 8 isa detai As will beseen the button a has at its back two hooks, Z), 0, arranged side by side ata short-distance apart and held in place by the collet d. In the example shown the hooks are oppositely inclined to the face of the collet and form parts of a single piece a of wire as indicated in'dotted lines. Each hook curves down so as to almost touch the back o-fthe button just sufficient space being left for the thread or twine, as the case may be, to pass through the gap into the inside of the hook. Theihook ends may be bent laterally slightly as shown.

\Vhen securing) a button to a thread or twine e (or vice versa) the threadis first,

caused to enter the space between the par:

allel books I), 0, (as at Fig. 5) until it rests against the collet (Z whereupon the button is turned'in the direction of the arrow, through 90, and, automatically, the thread passes through the gaps at g and it left between the ends of the hooks and the collet and becomes threaded through the eye (formed by the twohooks) as at Figs. 6

and 7.. It will be seen the position of the hooks in Fig. 6 is at right angles to the position, Fig. 5.

Having now fully described my invention what I claim and desire to, secure by Letters Patent is 1. A button comprising a body part and a shank, the latter'consisting of two oppositely disposed hooks spaced apart and 'ar ranged side by side, the hooks forming an e e. i 2. A button comprising a body part and a shank, the latter consisting of two oppositely disposed spaced apart hooks arranged side by side, the hooks being oppositely inclined and cooperating to form an eye.

3. A button, including a body portion and a shank, said shank being formed of two oppositely disposed hooks located side by side and having laterally bent end portions,

said hooks cooperating to form an eye and the bent ends being adapted to squarely engage the thread to be inserted in the eye in the turning movement of the button.

4:. A button comprising, in combination, a body part, a collet having a central opening therein and a single length of wire secured beneath said collet and having its ends projecting through said opening and bent in such manner that, together, they constitute an eye with oppositely disposed side gaps or openings for the entry of the thread or twine.

5. A button comprising, a body part and a shank, the latter consisting of two oppositely disposed hooks arranged side by side so that they constitute an eye withv side gaps or openings for the entry of the thread or twine. p

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' ALEG BROOKE. Vitnesses MARGARET THOMLINSON, MARGARET F. KrnKWoon. 

